Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine exacerbated the collapse of Moscow’s imperial influence, and since 2022, the war has ...
Several cities around the globe have reinvented themselves in recent years, but none more successfully than Almaty. Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan’s largest city (population 2.2 million ...
In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another stagnating Soviet backwater. News of the day praised economic achievements that weren't real — just as local communist leaders ...
The Naryn River near the site of the planned Kambar-Ata-1 hydroelectric dam project in Kyrgyzstan - Copyright AFP Zain JAAFAR The Naryn River near the site of the ...
Statues commemorating the Soviet Union’s long-dead leaders, who once ruled an empire stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, have had their ups and downs. A Moscow metro station recently ...
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Can the West bump Russia out of Central Asia?
Despite its focus on the war in Ukraine, Russia shows no signs of letting go of its legacy influence in Central Asia.
Despite American neglect of the region, the significance of Central Asia has long been acknowledged in international affairs. Early twentieth-century geopolitical theorists like Halford Mackinder paid ...
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meet at the 6th Consultative Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States in 2024. Credit: Akorda / Facebook After the ...
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